Accounting for Poverty in Infrastructure Reform: Learning from Latin America's Experience. WBI Development Studies.
Accounting for Poverty in Infrastructure Reform: Learning from Latin America's Experience. WBI Development Studies.
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2001
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Antonio Estache;V. Foster;Q. Wodon
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作者：
Antonio Estache;V. Foster;Q. Wodon
这项综合研究基于对拉丁美洲十年改革影响的详细分析，确定了评估基础设施改革对穷人影响的核心概念。这表明，由于基本服务的获取和负担能力仍然是一个主要问题，基础设施投资将成为该地区扶贫计划的核心组成部分。该书表明，尽管服务费的承受能力往往是一个问题，但在许多情况下，在满足穷人的基础设施需求方面，服务的获取是一个更为紧迫的问题。在这种背景下，这本书为有关私有化和放松管制的辩论做出了宝贵的贡献，在改革的热情和对潜在不良影响的担忧之间取得了极好的平衡。它提供了评估基础设施需求的指南，并确保满足此类需求的策略具有成本效益。通过特别强调数据收集和定量方法的解释，作为确保将穷人纳入基础设施提供所需的研究的投入，该研究提供了研究、政策分析和能力建设工作的结合。结论性意见规定，需要在福利政策的重新分配、监管改革以及私营部门如何参与方面做出政治承诺。
This comprehensive study identifies the concepts that are central to assessing the effect of infrastructure reform on the poor, based on a detailed analysis of the effects of a decade of reforms in Latin America. It demonstrates that because the access to, and affordability of, basic services is still a major problem, infrastructure investment will be a core component of poverty alleviation programs in the region. The book shows that although affordability of service tariffs is often an issue, in many instances, access is a much more pressing concern in meeting the infrastructure needs of the poor. In this context, the book makes a valuable contribution to the debate about privatization and deregulation, striking an excellent balance between enthusiasm for reform, and concern for the potentially perverse effects. It provides guidelines to assess infrastructure needs, and to ensure that strategies addressing such needs, are cost-effective. By placing special emphasis on data collection, and explanations of quantitative methodologies, that serve as inputs to studies needed to ensure inclusion of the poor in the provision of infrastructure, the study offers a combination of research, policy analysis, and capacity-building efforts. Concluding remarks stipulate the need for political commitment in the redistribution of welfare policies, regulatory reform, and on how will the private sector participate.